Handle of drum cartridge and image forming apparatus including the same

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a printer body, a drum cartridge detachably attachable to the printer body, and a developing cartridge detachably attachable to the drum cartridge. The drum cartridge includes a handle and an urging member. The handle is configured to move between a protruding position at which the handle protrudes toward an attaching/detaching path for attaching and detaching the developing cartridge to and from the drum cartridge and a retracted position at which the handle is located farther from the attaching/detaching path than the handle that is located at the protruding position. The urging member urges the handle toward the protruding position. The handle is configured to protrude toward the protruding position by an urging force of the urging member when the developing cartridge is detached from the drum cartridge.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a printer body having an opening on a side surface thereof and including an opening/closing member configured to move between an exposing position at which the opening/closing member exposes the opening and a closing position at which the opening/closing member closes the opening; a drum cartridge detachably attachable to the printer body through the opening and including a photosensitive drum; and a developing cartridge detachably attachable to the drum cartridge and configured to store a developing agent therein, the developing cartridge being located downstream of the photosensitive drum in a predetermined direction in which the developing cartridge is detached from the drum cartridge, the opening/closing member being configured to press the developing cartridge downwardly in an up-down direction intersecting the predetermined direction; wherein the drum cartridge includes:
a handle configured to move between a protruding position at which the handle protrudes toward an attaching/detaching path for attaching and detaching the developing cartridge to and from the drum cartridge and a retracted position at which the handle is located farther from the attaching/detaching path than the handle that is located at the protruding position; andan urging member urging the handle toward the protruding position, and wherein the handle is configured to protrude toward the predetermined direction by an urging force of the urging member when the developing cartridge is detached from the drum cartridge.